Fenghou

Chapter 32 Wedding
At night, the county magistrate Wei Qing's mansion was decorated with lanterns and festoons. Tonight is the wedding day of Wei Qing's widowed sister Wei Su, and the groom is Yang Yuanqing.

Wei Su's ex-husband was an imperial student. Jingkang died in Bianliang, Tokyo in the second year. He was a widow for four years. Wei Qing wanted to find a suitable family for his younger sister to remarry.

A month ago, Yang Yuanqing led the soldiers to help Wei Qing move. Wei Su immediately fell in love with the tall and heroic Yang Yuanqing. Yang Yuanqing also came from a famous family in Taiyuan and had a good family background.

During the war, it was impossible to hold a wedding like before, so we had to keep things as simple as possible, hold two tables of banquets, and invite some relatives and friends to come to the banquet and witness the marriage.

As the chief general, Chen Qing is of course going to attend the wedding ceremony. He rarely puts on casual clothes today. He wears a gauze hat, a thick sheepskin jacket, and a dark coat. you.

As soon as it was dark, Chen Qing came to Wei Qing's mansion, and Wei Qing stood at the door to welcome the guests.

Wei Qing greeted him with a smile, "The commander is here, and I'm going to invite you to the barracks!"

Chen Qing took out a small cloth bag, which contained five ingots of ten taels of silver, and a pair of jade bracelets bought for twenty taels of silver.

"This is my congratulatory gift, please accept it!"

Wei Qing was startled, and even sent fifty taels of silver and a pair of jade bracelets, which seemed to be of great value. He waved his hands repeatedly, "There are too many, the commander doesn't need to spend so much!"

"Don't worry! This silver was rewarded to me by Xuanfu envoy Zhang Jun. It is my personal property, not captured silver. The jade bracelet is also a piece of my heart, please accept it!"

Wei Qing couldn't postpone it, so he had to accept it, and hurriedly invited Chen Qing into the back hall.

Chen Qing discovered that there were several pretty young women hiding in the garden of the back hall, and they gathered together and whispered, as if they were talking about themselves.

At this time, the banquet hadn't even started yet, almost all of the [-] or so guests invited by Wei Qing arrived, in fact, there were only six families, including Wei Qing's former classmates, a well-connected local wealthy family, and two county jailers official.

Chen Qing walked into the back hall, and the back hall was also decorated with lights and festoons, with incense tables and candles set up, as well as a large Chinese character "囍". In the side halls on both sides were banquets for guests, all of which were bought from restaurants in the county.

"The Commander is here!"

The guests who were chatting got up and saluted one after another.

Except for two county officials, Chen Qing didn't know any of these people. Wei Qing introduced them to him one by one, and one of them caught Chen Qing's attention.

His name is Xiao Rong, he is a Jinshi of the same discipline as Wei Qing, a few years older than Wei Qing, once served as the magistrate of Zheng County, Huazhou, and Jin Bing entered Guanzhong, he abandoned his official position and fled to Linyou County with his family.

The reason why Chen Qing paid attention to him was because Chen Qing found a piece of sewn cloth on his underwear, on which was written "Chen Shangyuan, a native of Shaohua Township, Zheng County, Huazhou." '

This name should be Chen Qing's predecessor, the corporal leader whose soul was taken away. His family is in Shaohua Township, Zheng County.

Although all memories about this Chen Shangyuan disappeared in his mind, Chen Qing still wanted to know about this predecessor.

Xiao Rong brought his wife and daughter to the banquet, and Chen Qing sat down beside him.

"Just now, I heard the introduction from County Magistrate Wei. Mr. Xiao was originally the magistrate of Zheng County?"

Xiao Rong smiled and nodded, "Exactly!"

"That's right. Although I grew up in Taiyuan, my ancestral home is in Shaohua Township, Zheng County. I have inquired about relatives in Zheng County, but found nothing. I don't know what's going on in Zheng County now?"

Xiao Rong stroked his beard and said with a smile: "It turns out that the commander is from Shaohua Township, and the surname Chen is a common surname in Shaohua Township! There are at least a hundred families, most of which are hunters, but Shaohua Township is in the south of Zheng County. At the foot of Shaohua Mountain, the terrain is very dangerous, so it should not have been raided by the Jin soldiers, I specifically inquired last year, and the Jin soldiers only passed through the county seat of Zheng County and the banks of the Wei River."

Chen Qing also just asked, he didn't dare to go to Shaohua Township to recognize relatives, what if a large group of children hugged him and called him father?Then another lady appeared.

That scene is scary just thinking about it.

Xiao Rong's wife, Wang Shi, was quite interested in Chen Qing, she asked with a smile: "How old is the Commander? Can you get married?"

"I have passed the age of twenty-four and am not yet married."

"It's rare to be unmarried at the age of twenty-four!"

Chen Qing didn't know how to answer for a while, but it was Xiao Rong who helped him out, "It's a war now, it's been five years since Jingkang, the soldiers have to protect their homes and the country, and the battlefield is even more precarious. How can General Chen think about it?" Start a family?"

The reason why Mrs. Wang asked about Chen Qing's marriage was that her eldest daughter was fifteen years old this year, and she hadn't married yet. Seeing that Chen Qing was tall, handsome, talented, and the commander of a thousand people, she was a little tempted. up.

But Xiao Rong understood his wife's thoughts, and with a few words of understatement, it made Wang stop thinking about it.

'The battlefield is precarious! '

Xiao Rong was hinting to his wife that the risk of being a soldier was too great to be suitable for her daughter, and Wang immediately understood what her husband meant.

"When will the commander leave Linyou County?" Wang changed the subject and stopped talking about marriage.

Chen Qing didn't think so much, he didn't think about his marriage at all, he didn't even have a girlfriend in his previous life, and he didn't want to be trapped by marriage prematurely in this life.

"Of course I left after the beginning of spring, so as to avoid the attack of Jin Bing on Linyou County."

Xiao Rong chuckled, "We also plan to leave Linyou County after spring begins."

"Oh? I don't know where you plan to go?"

"If I want to go to Lin'an, I will tell the commander that I am originally from Hangzhou, and Linyou County is only a temporary place to stay. I will eventually return to my hometown."

"Then how did it go?"

"I'm just worried about this! Can the commander give me a suggestion?"

Chen Qing thought for a while and said: "After the spring, the Jin soldiers will attack Dasan Pass with all their strength. I suggest that you take your family to Hanzhong along the Meridian Road, then go to Bashu, and then take a boat from Bashu to Jiangnan."

Xiao Rong pondered for a while and said: "I heard that thieves are rampant in Ziwu Road and Luotang Road, I am very worried about the safety of my family."

"I don't know about Luotang Road, but the three groups of thieves in Ziwu Road have been cleaned up by the Song army. I used to take Ziwu Road before, and it was very safe along the way. Moreover, once a war breaks out in Dashan Pass, many people in Guanzhong will inevitably flee from Ziwu Road. Bashu, sir, you can consider it."

"The news from the commander was too timely, and it gave me a direction."

At this time, the time had come, and the newcomers were about to start worshiping. A group of young girls came in from the garden outside, and each sat back in their seats.

An eight or nine-year-old girl was actually sitting beside Chen Qing, and another fifteen or sixteen-year-old girl was sitting next to Wang Shi. She secretly glanced at Chen Qing, and her pretty face suddenly turned red.

Where in life do we not meet each other!We met at the jewelry shop in the afternoon, and it turned out that they were Xiao Rong's daughters.

The little girl winked mischievously at Chen Qing. Just now, her elder sister repeatedly told her not to talk about what happened in the afternoon.

Although I can't mention the matter of the afternoon, it doesn't mean Xiao Xiaomei will keep her mouth shut quietly.

"Sister, he was the one you were talking about just now!" The little girl opened her mouth and betrayed a group of girls' secrets, and the faces of several girls turned red.

"Azhu, what nonsense are you talking about?" the girl blushed and said softly.

Chen Qing smiled slightly at the little sister, then asked Xiao Rong, "Are these two young ladies?"

Xiao Rong nodded and said with a smile: "Both are, the older one is called Xiao Xuan, and the younger one is called Xiao Zhu'er."

The little girl pursed her lips, and said to Chen Qing solemnly: "I am Xiao He's Xiao, Mingzhu's Pearl, which doesn't mean 'Little Pig'."

Chen Qing couldn't help laughing, "I understand, I can't make a mistake."

"The auspicious time has come, newcomers enter the arena!"

The master of ceremonies shouted, the bridegroom Yang Yuanqing in wedding clothes was holding the hydrangea red belt, and the bride Wei Su was holding the other end. The two walked into the main hall one after the other. The wedding ceremony is indeed relatively simple. Just these three steps.

At this time, Chen Qing suddenly saw Zhao Xiaoyi outside the hall waving to him.

He hurried out.

"what happened?"

"Can the commander go back to the camp now?"

"What happened?"

Zhao Xiaoyi whispered in his ear: "Wang Dutong sent someone to deliver a letter, saying that he has important information."

Chen Qing was taken aback, Wang Yan sent someone to deliver the letter, this is a big deal.

At this time, Wei Qing also came out, "Is there something wrong with the commander?"

Chen Qing nodded, "I do have something urgent to go back, I'm sorry!"

"It's okay! It's just that I didn't let the commander eat well, and I didn't fulfill the friendship of the landlord!"

"I'll bother you another day, so I'll take a step first."

"I'll send the commander out!"

Chen Qing waved to Xiao Rong, he turned and left quickly.

Looking at Chen Qingyuan's back, Wang smiled and asked her daughter in a low voice, "What do you think of this General Chen?"

"Li Qian and the others spoke highly of him, saying that he is brave and handsome, and that he is safe by his side."

"how about you?"

"Me!" Xiao Xuan shook her head in panic, "I...I don't have any comments on him!"

"All nonsense!"

Xiao Zhu'er muttered softly beside him: "I don't know who is lamenting General Chen's generosity and gentlemanly demeanor this afternoon?"

Xiao Xuan was immediately ashamed and annoyed, and glared at her sister, "Hurry up and eat! Stop chewing your tongue!"

Xiao Zhu'er stuck out her tongue, reached out and grabbed a big yellow pear, and gnawed it down.

"Husband and wife worship each other and send them to the bridal chamber!"

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Chen Qing met the messenger in the tent of the Chinese army. He knew the person who came, and it was Liu Xiang, Wang Yan's personal soldier.

"Dutong didn't know where the general was, so he was always worried? Just when the scouts got the news that the general was in Linyou County, Wang Dutong sent me to deliver a letter to the general."

"The road should be blocked by heavy snow! How did you get here?"

Liu Xiang smiled slightly, "The heavy snow has blocked the road, and it is difficult for war horses to travel, but if we change to camels, there will be no road closure. Two of my men and I came here on three camels."

Liu Xiang took out a thick letter and handed it to Chen Qing, "The tasks assigned to the general by both of you are here, and they all hope that you can come back safely."

Chen Qing nodded silently, why didn't he want to go back safely earlier?
Liu Xiang laughed again and said, "The story of you in Qilin Village has been spread among the Jin army. Both Wu Dutong and Wang Dutong know about it. The Xuan Fu envoy praised you very much. Five hundred people killed more than three thousand people. Jin Bing can still retreat completely, and the Xuan Fu envoy will give you credit!"

"It's not as if we're going to retreat completely, we've also lost half of our brothers."

Chen Qing didn't want to talk about this matter, so he changed the subject and asked, "When do you plan to go back?"

"Please send me a letter from the commander, I will leave early tomorrow morning."

"Tomorrow is New Year's Eve, it's best to go after the New Year!"

Liu Xiang shook his head, "It's because of the Chinese New Year that we are safe, and we are also worried about being caught by the Jurchen sentry, then we will be in big trouble."

Speaking of this, he pointed to the eagle cage in the corner and said: "Those are two Xinying eagles. One will be used each when capturing Guancheng and losing it. The matter is of great importance, so we must contact Daying in time!"

(End of this chapter)